Born in Kuusankoski, Finland. Lives and works in Sydney.
| Professional Background | |
|---|---|
| 2017 - | Full time artist |
| 1980 - 2016 | General Practitioner, Finland and Sydney |
| Education | |
| 2021 | Master of Fine Art, National Art School, Sydney |
| 2017 | Master of Art, UNSW Art & Design, Sydney |
| 2004 | Fellow of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| 1988 - 1990 | Art and Gestalt Therapy Training Helsinki, Finland |
| 1988 - 1989 | Art School Kriittinen Korkeakoulu Helsinki, Finland |
| 1987 - 1988 | Art School Vapaa Taidekoulu Helsinki, Finland |
| 1980 | Licentiate in Medicine, University of Kuopio, Finland |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2023 | The Nest (Pesä) –project, In Profile exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 2020 | Every angel is terrifying, installation with Visual Arts In The Valley, Kangaroo Valley |
| 2020 | Tears of Things, co-exhibition with Alma & Brett Studholme, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney |
| 2019 | House-Works, co-exhibition with Paula Ngu, Ewart Gallery, Sydney |
| 2019 | homes bones sticks & stones, Ridge Street Window Art Space, Sydney |
| 2018 | Mundane & Myth, co-exhibition with Paula Ngu, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney |
| 2017 | Every angel is terrifying, Black Box UNSW Art & Design, Sydney |
| Group Exhibition and Events | |
| 2023 | Tree Tales, with the Tree Veneration Society, Sydney |
| 2023 | Before and After, with Textiles Sydney, Sydney |
| 2023 | Temple Tree Day event at Nan Tien Temple, with Tree Veneration Society, Wollongong |
| 2023 | Arboreal Narratives 2023: In Conversation, with the Tree Veneration Society, Sydney |
| 2023 | Illiliwa Street Art event, Sydney |
| 2023 | Spells for Weather, performance by Janet Laurence, Bundanon Art Museum, NSW |
| 2022 | Being in the landscape-residency exhibition with Visual Arts In The Valley, Kangaroo Valley |
| 2022 | Beyond Human, with the Tree Veneration Society, Sydney |
| 2021 | The Ewart Art Prize, Sydney (Overall Winner) |
| 2021 | Artists of Mosman 2088, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney |
| 2021 | Project 2060: Homeward Bound, Coal Loader, Waverton, Sydney |
| 2021 | The Postgrad Show, National Art School, Sydney |
| 2020 | Visual Arts In The Valley, Kangaroo Valley |
| 2019 | Home Grown: The Tenacious Realm, Incinerator Art Space, Sydney |
| 2019 | Illiliwa Street Art event, Sydney |
| 2019 | The Ewart Art Price, Sydney (Highly Commended) |
| 2019 | Home, AIRspace Projects, Sydney |
| 2018 | Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Nowra |
| 2018 | Kangaroo Valley Art Prize, Kangaroo Valley |
| 2018 | Flickering Stone: A Hidden Moving Image Award, Sydney |
| 2018 | Illiliwa Street Art event, Sydney |
| 2017 | UNSW Art & Design Annual 17 Graduate Exhibition, Sydney |
| 2016 | Meroogal Women’s Art Prize, Nowra |
| 2016 | Ripe, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney |
| 2014 | 1200 West, Cofa Space UNSW, Sydney |
| 2013 | 1200 West, Cofa Space UNSW, Sydney |
| Residencies | |
| 2022 | Organiser and participant of Being in the landscape - residency, Kangaroo Valley. |
| 2021 | Online Ecological Art Recidency |
| 2018 - 2020 | Primrose Park Artist Studios, Sydney |
| 2018 | Solo residency, Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station, NSW |